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About this job
Position Information
William Stimson Public School is located in Southwestern Sydney in the Cowpasture Principal Network. The school has approximately 505 students, including an 8 class Support Unit, catering for students with physical, severe / moderate intellectual, multi-categorical disabilities and autism. 79% of students come from diverse language and cultural backgrounds other than English.
Collaborative and consultative leadership drive the school's strategic directions and school plan. The school has a strong focus on developing consistent, high quality educational practices using evidence-based research to enable staff to put students at the centre of their learning. Teaching teams are structured to collaboratively develop learning intentions, success criteria and provide effective feedback to guide student learning.
William Stimson PS prides itself in offering a wide range of extra curricula activities for students to enhance their skills in areas of personal interest. The school values positive community relationships and has an active and supportive Parents and Citizens' Association. The school is highly regarded in the broader community and staff and parents have high expectations for student achievement.
For further information please visit the school’s website: www.wilstimson-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach special education and/or experience in teaching students with autism, mild, moderate intellectual disabilities, and physical disabilities.
- Demonstrated capacity to transfer whole school professional learning, initiatives, and projects into observable classroom practice.
- High level of communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with teachers, parents, support staff and external agencies to maximise student outcomes.
- Demonstrated commitment to the values of public education.
Conditions
An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
Special Notes
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
About the NSW Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.